Scrum Master — Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex

Client Location: Remote but candidates must live in Dallas

kbTZJF has partnered with a leading financial services organization to find a dynamic agile leader who will champion collaboration, efficiency, and continuous improvement. In this pivotal role, you will have a direct impact on the health and productivity of dedicated engineering teams, guiding them to self-organization and helping them deliver high-quality solutions that protect and empower millions of users. If you are passionate about removing obstacles, optimizing workflows, and fostering a culture of innovation and trust, this is your opportunity to make a lasting difference in a highly collaborative environment.

About the Role

As a key facilitator of agile practices, you will guide teams through their development lifecycle, ensuring a steady flow of work and helping team members continuously improve. You will partner closely with Product Owners, stakeholders, and business partners to align execution with strategic goals. By leveraging metrics and advanced Jira configurations, you will bring transparency and efficiency to the team's daily operations, facilitating planning events and removing impediments to keep projects moving forward seamlessly.

Key Responsibilities

Monitor and improve the health, teamwork, and overall effectiveness of the agile team, enabling them to refine their practices.

Educate the team on maintaining a steady flow of work and collaborate with management to optimize delivery pipelines.

Facilitate key agile ceremonies, including Sprint Planning, Reviews, Backlog Refinements, Retrospectives, and Program Increment (PI) Planning.

Proactively identify and remove impediments and waste, empowering the team to become more self-organizing and self-reliant.

Analyze key metrics such as velocity and capacity to assist with sprint planning and provide progress reports for stakeholder presentations.

Configure and manage Atlassian tools, including building Jira dashboards, configuring boards, writing JQL queries, and creating automation scripts to eliminate manual tasks.

Partner with Product Managers, Product Owners, and stakeholders to ensure seamless alignment on project execution and delivery.

What You Need to Succeed

Strong analytical, communication, and interpersonal skills with a proven ability to solve problems and explain complex logic to diverse audiences.

Hands-on experience with Atlassian tools, specifically Jira and Confluence, including creating JQL queries, configuring boards, and building dashboards.

Solid understanding of agile frameworks, specifically Kanban and Scrum, with experience implementing SAFe practices.

Experience creating clear, data-driven project progress reports for stakeholder presentations.

Preferred Qualifications

Three to five years of agile facilitation experience, with a preference for experience within a Cybersecurity environment.

Professional Scrum Master (PSM 1), Certified Scrum Practitioner (CSP), Certified ScrumMaster (CSM), or SAFe 5.0 certification.

Experience writing Jira automation scripts to streamline repetitive manual tasks.

About bNh3qc XUSkZ7:

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kbTZJF is an equal opportunity employer. We evaluate qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status, and other legally protected characteristics. We're about creating an inclusive environment—one where different backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives are valued, and everyone can contribute, grow their careers, and thrive.

You will want to read this fine print. Part of our mission is to take care of you, so we offer the best benefits. Unlike other staffing companies, we provide talent with the same benefits that our CEO gets.

This includes:

• A choice of three major medical plans (including vision coverage) plus dental insurance

• Paid sick leave for all hourly talent in the U.S. and Canada

• 401(k) with a match and immediate vesting

• Exclusive employee discounts through Promo Code: kbTZJF

• And much more